Mud from an Amphora Click on the image of any section below to get a page of many items. click on images to make them larger. This sediment is from amphorae taken at Ashkelon Excavations in the Mediterranean shipwreck sites of either Tanit or Elissa -- both from 8th century B.C. See a photomosaic of the seafloor at the wreck site: Amphorae on Mediterranean Seafloor |
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| 4" x 2.25" On porcelain clay, words say: shipwrecked ~ amphora sediment ~ 8th century B.C. ~ Ashkelon Excavation. Rim and foot are glaze assembled from refined materials. | | | 10" x 3.5" Cork rotted, sediment flowed in, centuries passed and humans excavated and tested to learn that wine once filled the clay vessel. A chemist passed it to an engineer who passed it to a potter, embellished with information from a professor of international entrepreneurship. Finally, the mud and provenance as a photomosaic of the seafloor all assemble to travel with the mud now melted on a clay pot. What sailors on ships Tanit or Elissa would have could have guessed the material's current life? | ||
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| 5" wide x 3.25" high Interior is a thick application of sediment from inside an amphora from the 8th century B.C. It says, "Mediterranean shipwreck, carriers of wine, amphora sediment from ship named Tanit or Elissa." Seaglass center. Rim and foot of glazes assembled from refined materials. | | | 9" x 5.5" Mediterranean Phoenician shipwreck, Ashkelon Excavations, Tannit or Elissa, carriers of wine; all these are words are written either in a band at the neck or near the foot. Sea glass in the lid. Green matte glaze assembled from refined materials interacts as the sediment glaze flowed over it--making a zone of fascination for my eyes. | ||
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| 12.5" high 9" wide On stoneware clay, words say: Mediterranean amphora sediment from shipwreck Tanit or Elissa, 8th Century B.C.. The belly and lid are glazed with the sediment and the white matte glaze was assembled from refined materials. | | | 9" x 5.5" Mediterranean Phoenician shipwreck, Ashkelon Excavations, Tannit or Elissa, carriers of wine; all these are words written either in a band at the neck or near the foot. The drippiness is factored into the price. It comes with the risk of applying enough mud that a branching pattern happens (can't win them all). Sea glass in the lid and green matte glaze assembled from refined materials. | ||
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| 4" x 3.5" Exterior warm colored area is the sediment from inside the amphora taken at Ashkelon Excavations in the Mediterranean. The ships there were named Tanit and Elissa. This comes with a photo-mosaic of the seafloor showing the amphora, most of which, still lay there. Interior celadon glaze assembled from refined materials. | | | 3.5" x 3.5" Exterior warm colored area is the sediment from inside the amphora taken at Ashkelon Excavations in the Mediterranean. The ships there were named Tanit and Elissa. This comes with a photo-mosaic of the seafloor showing the amphora, most of which, still lay there. Interior celadon glaze assembled from refined materials. | ||
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| 3.75" x 3.5" Exterior warm colored area is the sediment from inside the amphora taken at Ashkelon Excavations in the Mediterranean. The ships there were named Tanit and Elissa. This comes with a photo-mosaic of the seafloor showing the amphora, most of which, still lay there. Interior celadon glaze assembled from refined materials. | | | 3.75" x 3.5" Exterior warm colored area is the sediment from inside the amphora taken at Ashkelon Excavations in the Mediterranean. Says, "Carriers of wine." The ships there were named Tanit and Elissa. This comes with a photo-mosaic of the seafloor showing the amphora, most of which, still lay there. Interior celadon glaze assembled from refined materials. | ||
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| 4.5" x 3.25" Belly area shows the sediment when it's melted after being applied thinly and thickly. Interior and exterior greenish glazes were assembled from refined materials. | | | 4.75" x 3" 8th Century B.C. ship went down, amphora lay on Mediterranean seafloor and the corks rotted. Over time sediment flowed in and centuries later amphora were brought to land and the sediment within was tested--determined to have carried wine. Interior glaze is celadon, assembled from refined materials. | ||
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